Publications

D. Vernon, 2024. “An African Perspective on Culturally Competent Social Robotics: Why DEI Matters in HRI”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, accepted for publication. Preprint available here.

A. Akinade, Y. Haile, N. Mutangana C. Tucker, and D. Vernon, “Culturally Competent Social Robots Target Inclusion in Africa”, Science Robotics, 2023. Available here.

P. Zantou and D. Vernon, “Culturally-Sensitive Human-Robot Interaction: A Case Study with the Pepper Humanoid Robot”, Proc. IEEE Africon, Nairobi, Kenya, September, 2023. Preprint available here.

Abstracts

A. Akinade and D. Vernon, “Biological Motion for Gestural Communication by Social Robots”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

E. Birhan and D. Vernon, “Rwandan Culture Survey for Culturally-Sensitive Social Robotics for Africa”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

I. Jimoh, H. Equbay, C. Osano, T. Tefferi, and D. Vernon, “Behavior Trees for Culturally Sensitive Social Robots: African Culture Case Study”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

Posters

Culturally Sensitive Social Robotics for Africa Overview

A. Akinade and D. Vernon, “Biological Motion for Gestural Communication by Social Robots”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

E. Birhan and D. Vernon, “Rwandan Culture Survey for Culturally-Sensitive Social Robotics for Africa”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

I. Jimoh, H. Equbay, C. Osano, T. Tefferi, and D. Vernon, “Behavior Trees for Culturally Sensitive Social Robots: African Culture Case Study”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

P. Zantou and D. Vernon, “Inclusion Drives Sustainable Development: The Case of Social Robotics for Africa”, ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies - COMPASS, August 2023. Available here. Video available here.

Presentations

A. Akinade and D. Vernon, “Biological Motion for Gestural Communication by Social Robots”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

E. Birhan and D. Vernon, “Rwandan Culture Survey for Culturally-Sensitive Social Robotics for Africa”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

I. Jimoh, H. Equbay, C. Osano, T. Tefferi, and D. Vernon, “Behavior Trees for Culturally Sensitive Social Robots: African Culture Case Study”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.

D. Vernon, “Keynote Talk: Culturally Sensitive Social Robots for Africa”, Robotics in Africa Forum at IROS 2024. Available here.